Friday, October 2, 2015 Game Recap & Discussion [SPOILERS]

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harrumph wrote:
TheSunWillComeOut wrote: I was hoping one of the players would take the opportunity to do the "King Tut" dance, which was straight-up presented to them on a silver platter. PFFT.
Geez what a youtube moment it would have been had you answered it during your reign!
Ahem: http://www.j-archive.com/media/2015-07-16_J_23.jpg

HOW CAN YOU GIVE THAT ANSWER ANY OTHER WAY
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TenPoundHammer wrote:Still unanswered:
TenPoundHammer wrote:WLT The Simpsons on TV for $200, or London at $400? Just "pick a random capital"?
http://www.jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2473

That is the appropriate place when somebody has not answered your questions and you still are hoping for an answer. That's the second time this week you've asked about questions being unanswered.
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stevo4212 wrote:Why can't quizbowl be a game that adults would pay to play, for the chance to earn cash prizes, etc.? Instead of cribbage or bridge club, go to quizbowl club, and earn masterpoints, etc. I guess bar trivia is something like that, but the games are not uniform, too much trash, and there is no centralized national stat tracker for that sort of thing. Maybe O'Brien's bar trivia is the closest thing they have.
Every now and then, there are "Open" tournaments where players don't have to be students to play. However, these are usually "Masters" academic events where former players battle on even harder questions than the championship college canon. There are also pop culture "Trash" tournaments, although they emphasize video games and recent entertainment much more so than Jeopardy! If any of these come along, I'll post a new thread about them.
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TheSunWillComeOut wrote:Like Tony, I had "Tennessee Waltz" for Texas Two-Step.

I think Matt and I agonized over the "Copyright Act" DD for the same reasons - "It can't be THAT simple, can it? Maybe so..."
I knew it couldn't be a waltz because waltzes are in 3/4 time. The clue description had four steps which just wouldn't work.

I definitely did the same thing on Copyright Act. It was the first thing that occurred to me, but I wouldn't want to blurt it out. Take a couple of seconds and see if anything's a closer fit.
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opusthepenguin wrote:
TheSunWillComeOut wrote:Like Tony, I had "Tennessee Waltz" for Texas Two-Step.

I think Matt and I agonized over the "Copyright Act" DD for the same reasons - "It can't be THAT simple, can it? Maybe so..."
I knew it couldn't be a waltz because waltzes are in 3/4 time. The clue description had four steps which just wouldn't work.

I definitely did the same thing on Copyright Act. It was the first thing that occurred to me, but I wouldn't want to blurt it out. Take a couple of seconds and see if anything's a closer fit.

Yeah. I've noticed that unlike Arthur, Matt is glad to stand and think for the time allotted when he finds a DD, but he stood there so long on that one we started to get very nervous for him!
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brick wrote:
opusthepenguin wrote:
TheSunWillComeOut wrote:Like Tony, I had "Tennessee Waltz" for Texas Two-Step.

I think Matt and I agonized over the "Copyright Act" DD for the same reasons - "It can't be THAT simple, can it? Maybe so..."
I knew it couldn't be a waltz because waltzes are in 3/4 time. The clue description had four steps which just wouldn't work.

I definitely did the same thing on Copyright Act. It was the first thing that occurred to me, but I wouldn't want to blurt it out. Take a couple of seconds and see if anything's a closer fit.

Yeah. I've noticed that unlike Arthur, Matt is glad to stand and think for the time allotted when he finds a DD, but he stood there so long on that one we started to get very nervous for him!
Haha, I'd love to see the numbers on how many boardies paused on that one just because they were thinking, "Okay, but is it the Copyright Act or the SOMETHING-SOMETHING Copyright Act"?
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TheSunWillComeOut wrote:
brick wrote:
opusthepenguin wrote:
TheSunWillComeOut wrote:Like Tony, I had "Tennessee Waltz" for Texas Two-Step.

I think Matt and I agonized over the "Copyright Act" DD for the same reasons - "It can't be THAT simple, can it? Maybe so..."
I knew it couldn't be a waltz because waltzes are in 3/4 time. The clue description had four steps which just wouldn't work.

I definitely did the same thing on Copyright Act. It was the first thing that occurred to me, but I wouldn't want to blurt it out. Take a couple of seconds and see if anything's a closer fit.

Yeah. I've noticed that unlike Arthur, Matt is glad to stand and think for the time allotted when he finds a DD, but he stood there so long on that one we started to get very nervous for him!
Haha, I'd love to see the numbers on how many boardies paused on that one just because they were thinking, "Okay, but is it the Copyright Act or the SOMETHING-SOMETHING Copyright Act"?
You mean the Smoot–Hawley Copyright act.
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harrumph wrote:
TheSunWillComeOut wrote:
brick wrote:
opusthepenguin wrote:
TheSunWillComeOut wrote:Like Tony, I had "Tennessee Waltz" for Texas Two-Step.

I think Matt and I agonized over the "Copyright Act" DD for the same reasons - "It can't be THAT simple, can it? Maybe so..."
I knew it couldn't be a waltz because waltzes are in 3/4 time. The clue description had four steps which just wouldn't work.

I definitely did the same thing on Copyright Act. It was the first thing that occurred to me, but I wouldn't want to blurt it out. Take a couple of seconds and see if anything's a closer fit.

Yeah. I've noticed that unlike Arthur, Matt is glad to stand and think for the time allotted when he finds a DD, but he stood there so long on that one we started to get very nervous for him!
Haha, I'd love to see the numbers on how many boardies paused on that one just because they were thinking, "Okay, but is it the Copyright Act or the SOMETHING-SOMETHING Copyright Act"?
You mean the Smoot–Hawley Copyright act.
Nice!
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harrumph wrote:
TheSunWillComeOut wrote:
brick wrote:
opusthepenguin wrote:
TheSunWillComeOut wrote:Like Tony, I had "Tennessee Waltz" for Texas Two-Step.

I think Matt and I agonized over the "Copyright Act" DD for the same reasons - "It can't be THAT simple, can it? Maybe so..."
I knew it couldn't be a waltz because waltzes are in 3/4 time. The clue description had four steps which just wouldn't work.

I definitely did the same thing on Copyright Act. It was the first thing that occurred to me, but I wouldn't want to blurt it out. Take a couple of seconds and see if anything's a closer fit.

Yeah. I've noticed that unlike Arthur, Matt is glad to stand and think for the time allotted when he finds a DD, but he stood there so long on that one we started to get very nervous for him!
Haha, I'd love to see the numbers on how many boardies paused on that one just because they were thinking, "Okay, but is it the Copyright Act or the SOMETHING-SOMETHING Copyright Act"?
You mean the Smoot–Hawley Copyright act.
:lol:
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TheSunWillComeOut wrote:
harrumph wrote:
TheSunWillComeOut wrote: I was hoping one of the players would take the opportunity to do the "King Tut" dance, which was straight-up presented to them on a silver platter. PFFT.
Geez what a youtube moment it would have been had you answered it during your reign!
Ahem: http://www.j-archive.com/media/2015-07-16_J_23.jpg

HOW CAN YOU GIVE THAT ANSWER ANY OTHER WAY
Ooo, sorry, that's not "King Tut", that's "I'm A Little Teapot"
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dhkendall wrote:
TheSunWillComeOut wrote:
harrumph wrote:
TheSunWillComeOut wrote: I was hoping one of the players would take the opportunity to do the "King Tut" dance, which was straight-up presented to them on a silver platter. PFFT.
Geez what a youtube moment it would have been had you answered it during your reign!
Ahem: http://www.j-archive.com/media/2015-07-16_J_23.jpg

HOW CAN YOU GIVE THAT ANSWER ANY OTHER WAY
Ooo, sorry, that's not "King Tut", that's "I'm A Little Teapot"
Yeah, it wasn't until after the fact that I realized the correct "King Tut" dance requires both hands in front, like so:

http://www.dvdizzy.com/images/s/stevema ... ion-14.jpg

Next contestant who gets a "King Tut" question is required to do this:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/d01760e8f631 ... o1_500.gif
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Alex's impressions amuse me greatly, but c'mon, don't do an Eleanor Roosevelt impression for a FJ about Eleanor Roosevelt.
How many people know what she sounds like?

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harrumph wrote:
TheSunWillComeOut wrote:Haha, I'd love to see the numbers on how many boardies paused on that one just because they were thinking, "Okay, but is it the Copyright Act or the SOMETHING-SOMETHING Copyright Act"?
You mean the Smoot–Hawley Copyright act.
Nice to see that THE HAWLEY-SMOOT TARIFF has become such a running gag here. Someone has to give that as a joke answer sometime.

I, too, clammed on Copyright Act since I didn't think it'd be that straightforward.
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Vanya wrote:
TheSunWillComeOut wrote:
Alex's impressions amuse me greatly, but c'mon, don't do an Eleanor Roosevelt impression for a FJ about Eleanor Roosevelt.
How many people know what she sounds like?

Yet another woman who put up with a philandering husband for the sake of power.
Who hurt you, Vanya?

Many people know what she sounded like. Here, have Eleanor Roosevelt's game-show appearance on the wonderful What's My Line?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrry_ttDLqU
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TheSunWillComeOut wrote:Haha, I'd love to see the numbers on how many boardies paused on that one just because they were thinking, "Okay, but is it the Copyright Act or the SOMETHING-SOMETHING Copyright Act"?
I did pause, but I got it right.
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Bamaman wrote:Did Temple and Roosevelt have the exact same job at the U.N.? Our old friend Wikipedia says Temple was a representative and that Roosevelt was a delegate. What is the difference?
I can't find a difference between the two.
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Not sure if this has been posted anywhere else, but someone posted on the quiz bowl message board that Matt has made it onto The Soup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9G8_2LKPFM
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TheSunWillComeOut wrote: Who hurt you, Vanya?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7VsoxT_FUY
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Vanya wrote:
TheSunWillComeOut wrote: Who hurt you, Vanya?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7VsoxT_FUY
I LOLed.
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TheSunWillComeOut wrote:
Vanya wrote:
TheSunWillComeOut wrote:
Alex's impressions amuse me greatly, but c'mon, don't do an Eleanor Roosevelt impression for a FJ about Eleanor Roosevelt.
How many people know what she sounds like?

Yet another woman who put up with a philandering husband for the sake of power.
Who hurt you, Vanya?

Many people know what she sounded like. Here, have Eleanor Roosevelt's game-show appearance on the wonderful What's My Line?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrry_ttDLqU
Good succinct response. Thanks for finding and posting that clip. Back then W'sML was a really big shewww!
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